Robust separation of speech signals in a noisy environment

Details Robust separation of speech signals in a noisy environment Robust separation of speech signals in a noisy environment

2005-07-22

2008-12-09

Hudspeth, David R. (Department: 2626)

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

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C704S215000, C704S228000, C704S233000

Reexamination Certificate

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07464029

ABSTRACT:
A method for improving the quality of a speech signal extracted from a noisy acoustic environment is provided. In one approach, a signal separation process is associated with a voice activity detector. The voice activity detector is a two-channel detector, which enables a particularly robust and accurate detection of voice activity. When speech is detected, the voice activity detector generates a control signal. The control signal is used to activate, adjust, or control signal separation processes or post-processing operations to improve the quality of the resulting speech signal. In another approach, a signal separation process is provided as a learning stage and an output stage. The learning stage aggressively adjusts to current acoustic conditions, and passes coefficients to the output stage. The output stage adapts more slowly, and generates a speech-content signal and a noise dominant signal. When the learning stage becomes unstable, only the learning stage is reset, allowing the output stage to continue outputting a high quality speech signal.

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